保衛

See also: 保衞 and 保卫

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (保衛/保衞)		保	衛/衞
simp. (保卫)		保	卫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎowèi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² wai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-ví
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pó-ōe

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo² uê⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎowèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎowèi
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-wei⁴
  - Yale: bǎu-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baowey
  - Palladius: баовэй (baovɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² wai⁶
  - Yale: bóu waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-ví
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo` vi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ vi³
  - Sinological IPA: /po³¹ vi³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: pó-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poyoe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo² uê⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó uĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵²⁻³⁵ ue³⁵/

Verb

保衛

to defend; to safeguard

Synonyms

呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
守 (shǒu)
守候 (shǒuhòu)
守衛／守卫 (shǒuwèi)
守護／守护 (shǒuhù)
戍衛／戍卫 (shùwèi)
捍衛／捍卫 (hànwèi)
看護／看护 (kānhù)
衛護／卫护 (wèihù)
護衛／护卫 (hùwèi)
防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)
防守 (fángshǒu)
防衛／防卫 (fángwèi)

Derived terms

保衛細胞／保卫细胞
保衛者／保卫者 (bǎowèizhě)

Related terms

警戒 (jǐngjiè)
警衛／警卫 (jǐngwèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (保衛):

→ Korean: 보위(保衛) (bowi)
→ Vietnamese: bảo vệ (保衛)

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